Chudotvornaya 1960

Chudotvornaya 1960

Chudotvornaya 1960
1h 15min | Drama| 1960 (Soviet Union)

Plot:

Rodka Gulyaev is a pupil of the Gumniskii rural secondary school. He on the bank of the river digs out the darkened old icon, and his grandmother Avdotya, an overbearing and cunning old woman, dissolves a rumor that the icon is miraculous, and her granddaughter is a saint. But the boy did not want to be a saint. This event radically changed the life of the youngster, since the villagers called him “the chosen one of God.” Rodka was forced to pray and intimidate with “punishments of God,” leading the pioneer to attempt suicide … (google translated)

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Killa 2014

Killa 2014

Killa 2014
1h 18min | Comedy, Drama | 26 June 2015 (India)

Storyline:

An 11-year-old moves to a small town because of his mother’s job transfer. Initially he faces challenges adjusting this place, soon he get to know his classmates who becomes friends to him. He starts enjoying small moments with his friends. Once from school all gang decides to go for a cycle race. All of them reach to a ‘Killa’ and while exploring ‘killa’ Chinmay is left behind, sudden rains hit the place and all other friends leave him back there. he searches entire ‘killa’ for them and returns home very disappointed that no one cares for him. Same time his mom is faces some challenges at work which she is not able to express to Chinmay. Chinmay is also unhappy asking her mom to leave this place and go back to Pune where they came from. Then some point down the line he realizes that those friends cared about him, also how his mom is trying hard to handle all pressures and this little boy.

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Jack 2014

Jack 2014

Jack 2014
1h 43min | Drama | 7 February 2014 (Germany)

Storyline:

For JACK (10), having a family is the most important thing in the world. Then, one day, his mother disappears. Together with his younger brother MANUEL (6), he embarks on a journey to find her… the journey of a boy who has learnt from an early age to take responsibility. In the end, his brave and startling decision holds up a mirror to all of us.

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The Shack 2017

The Shack 2017

The Shack 2017
PG-13 | 2h 12min | Drama, Fantasy | 3 March 2017 (USA)

Storyline:

After the abduction and presumed death of Mackenzie Allen Phillips’ youngest daughter, Missy, Mack receives a letter and suspects it is from God, asking him to return to The Shack where Missy may have been murdered. After contemplating it, he leaves his home to go to The Shack for the first time since Missy’s abduction and an encounter that will change his life forever.

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Two-Legged Horse 2008

Two-Legged Horse 2008

Two-Legged Horse 2008

Two-Legged Horse 2008
Asbe du-pa (original title)
1h 41min | Drama | 6 May 2009 (France)

Storyline:

A father who has a young son with one leg and no other household members must go to India for some weeks. He hires another boy for a dollar a day to carry the son around on his back, to the school or to whatever whims may occur to the son. Actually the son is so skilled in jumping at really great speed, that he does not need any help or any “horse”. The son’s whims include not only verbal and physical abuse, but also repeated “horse fights” where “the horse” will continually be knocked down. Even “the horse’s” tender feelings for a child girl beggar are exploited and mocked. Because of the brutal and degrading treatment “the horse” will become more and more similar to a real horse.

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